What is the average commute in Stillwater city, Oklahoma?

The 2024 ACS five-year mean one-way commute estimate is 15.4 min, excluding people who worked from home.

What share of workers in Stillwater city, Oklahoma work from home?

The 2024 ACS five-year work-from-home estimate is 9.7%, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 percentage points.

Are the 2021 and 2024 commute estimates independent?

No. The five-year periods overlap, so their difference is presented as directional rather than an independent annual or causal change.

PLACE · OK · GEOID 40703002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Stillwater, Oklahoma

Name: Commute estimates for Stillwater city, Oklahoma
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According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 15.4 min one way; 9.7% worked from home, 69.0% drove alone, and 4.7% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip15.4 min±1.4 min MOE

Worked from home9.7%±2.2 pp MOE

Drove alone69.0%±2.7 pp MOE

60+ minute trip4.7%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in Stillwater city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed -1.5 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +3.3 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute16.9 min → 15.4 min▼ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.4% → 9.7%▲ 3.3 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit1.1% → 0.8%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.5% → 69.0%▼ 6.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Stillwater city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 69.0%; 0.8% used public transit and 9.7% worked from home.

Drive alone69.0% ±2.7 pp

Carpool8.1% ±1.7 pp

Public transit0.8% ±0.5 pp

Walk8.0% ±1.1 pp

Bicycle1.7% ±0.9 pp

Work from home9.7% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 23,256 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Stillwater city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 2th percentile among covered 25k–100k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

2^thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

26^thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

46^thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

32^th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Stillwater city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 23,256 workers age 16+, including 21,009 workers with reported travel time and 2,247 home workers.

Population estimate49,269± 34 MOE

Workers age 16+23,256± 863 MOE

Workers with travel time21,009± 850 MOE

Estimated home workers2,247± 529 MOE

Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Oklahoma commute records for Stillwater city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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